KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesMarch 2022
Kazakhstan added to human rights watchlist following ‘Bloody January’ events
‘Bloody January’ protests met with repressions, over 200 killed and over 4,000 injured
Over 10,000 rounded up in connection with protests,
Widespread allegations...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersMarch 2022
Kazakhstan: widespread violations reported during ‘’Bloody January’’
This is a special update on the events of January 2022 in Kazakhstan, prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Kazakhstan International...
TurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersFebruary 2022
Turkmenistan: NGOs submit joint report for UN Human Rights Committee review
This week the United Nations Human Rights Committee convenes for its 134th session, during which it will begin examining Turkmenistan’s third periodic report about...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesFebruary 2022
Tajikistan: Amriddin Alovatshoyev at risk of torture
The NGO Coalition against Torture and Impunity of Tajikistan and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) are concerned that Amriddin Alovatshoyev, 44, a native...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2021
Uzbekistan: Conscript Asadbek Fayzullayev died in suspicious circumstances
Asadbek Fayzullayev, a 20-year-old conscript, died in July 2021 while doing military service at an army unit near the city of Termez in southern...
KazakhstanReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2021
Key human rights concerns in Kazakhstan: Briefing paper for EU-Kazakhstan Human Rights Dialogue
The EU will hold its annual Human Rights Dialogue with Kazakhstan in Brussels on 2-3 December 2021. Ahead of this meeting, International Partnership for...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2021
Tajikistan: Human rights lawyer Abdulmachid Rizoyev at risk of torture
Human rights lawyer Abdulmachid Rizoyev, imprisoned since June 2021 for posting humorous comments on Facebook, has not been able to see any of his...
KazakhstanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2021
Recently released political prisoner Aron Atabek dies in hospital
We at International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) are deeply shocked and saddened by the news of the passing of the dissident poet and...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2021
Torture victim Alexander Trofimov still facing criminal charges while his torturers remain at large
Six months after Alexander Trofimov, a 29-year-old father of two, was arrested for theft, the credible allegations that police tortured him in detention have...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesNovember 2021
Uzbekistan: Arbitrarily detained former diplomat Kadyr Yusupov attacked in prison (UPDATED)
Former diplomat Kadyr Yusupov, who is serving a prison sentence for treason, was subjected to violent attacks by fellow prisoners in September and October...